News Letter of the Los Angeles County Public Library February 1958

NEWS l E T T E R
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
322 S. BROADWAY P.O. Bax 111 LOS ANIJELEB !53, CALIF'ORNIA
Vol. 11 No. 8 February 1958
REGIONS ARE Though no christening parties were hel ~
u1re meaningful names this month indicative of
the history and color of the areas they comprise. To make their
identities doubly certain they will retain their former numerical designations
also.
The regional librarians, Mrs. Terry, Mr. Geller, and Mr.
Henderson qualified as God-parents for seven of the young regions~ all one
year old now, in that they chose the names. 'Ille other, not the eighth but the
first, Antelope Valley Region, 29 years of age, was given its name when it was
established September, 1929, under the direction of Mrs. Anna M. Davis, its
present regional librarian.
Region II, headquarters at Lennox, is now also known as Centinela
Region, a name derived from the Spanish land grant. 'Ille Regional territory
is part of the old rancho domain.
, What used to be simply Region III is now Torrance-South Bay
Region. This is the only instance in which the name of the headquarters' branch
has been included in the regional title.
San Antonio, popular place-name in Mission days, and given to
several land grants, was chosen as the n~me for Region IV, headquarters at South
Gate. The regional area covers some of the territory of one such grant.
Region V, headquarters at Norwalk, was named Los Cerritos Region.
The word, meaning 'hillock', was a favorite geographical term in Spanish cali­fornia.
It was the name of another land grant which embraced much of the
present regional territory. It was also the former name of what is now known
as Signal Hill, a section adjacent to the regional area.
Rio Hondo is the name of Region VI, headquarters at Montebello.
'Hondo', Spanish adjective for 'deep' appears in several california pl,ce names,
especially when .combined with riY~r, creek or arroyo. Rio Hondo was the name
given to the old channel of the San .Gabri-el Ri.wer which changed its course in
the 1860's. The Rio Hondo _ is._w.Lthin ... t.he .. regi.o.nal. boundaries.
Region VII, headquarters at El Monte, is West San Gabriel Valley
Region, and Region VIII, headquarters at West Covina, is East San Gabriel Valley
Region.
1958-59 BUDGET
STATES PLAN.5
Requests for increased book funds, enlarged staff, more
hours and new and iq>roved buildings were made in the
1958-59 budget, now completed and in the hands of County
Administrative Officer, Lindon S. Hollinger. The Library's aim for the coming
year, as explained by Mr. Henderson in the document, is to give standard and
equalized service to the entire district, the smaller and poorer coDUDUnities
as well _as --the J.ar-ger ... and wealthier municipalities in the 3,370 square mile
area the Library serves.
"The Library is doing all it can with what it has but
the population growth in all sections and the requests for service make
increased facilities and the funds to finance them, mandatory", Mro Henderson
said.
SEVEN COf.OOJNITIES .. Seven "Co1111Innit-ies in .former. county: t.e.rritory became in­BECOME
CITIES corporated cities during the current fiscal year. They
are the City of Industry, in which our La Puente branch
is located; the co111DUnities of Pico and Rivera, which combined to become
Pico-Rivera City, each having its own branch; Irwindale, served by the Duarte
and West Covina branches; Bellflower; Norwalk, whose branch is also head­quarters
of the Los Cerritos Region; and Bradbury, served by the branch at
Duarte.
EXPANSION PLANS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Requests in the 1958-59 budget have been made for funds
and authorization to enlarge and renovate the branch at
Compton; to obtain a headquarters building for the West
~an Gabriel Valley Region, now housed in the El Monte branch; to build a new
library at Hawthorne; to obtain a site for a proposed branch in the Malibu
area, now served by mobilibrary; to purchase property for additional parking
space at Norwalk; for modernization of the branch at Palmdale and acquisi­tion
of additional ,pr-operty; for enlargement ot the brancb at ·Rosemeadi for
site acquisition for a future large branch at San Dimas; for construction of
a new building at San Vicente-West Hollywood; for landscaping of the Sorensen
branch grounds; and to pay for a large building in West Covina to serve as
branch library and headquarters for the East San Gabriel Valley Region.
CLA ASSIGNMENT
FOR MRS. WRIGHT
Mrs. Helen O'C. Wright, member of the Recruitment Com­mittee
of the California Library Association was given
the assignment this month by CLA President George F.
Farrier of answering all letters received at headquarters as result of the
library career posters distributed during January to libraries, high schools 0
junior colleges and universities in the state. The letters will be forwarded
to Mrs. Wright who will then discuss with President Farrier the most effect­ive
follow-up for the most promising would-be librarian candidates.
STANDARDS WILL
BE STUDIID
Mr. Geller and Mrs. Terry have been appointed discussion
leaders of groups now being set up by the Public Library
Section, CIA to study and determine whether the state
association's standards should be changed to conform with those of ALA or
should preserve the pr~sent differences as being more helpful to the needs
of the profession in this state.
-2-
,
The parallel study was voted by the Membership Section
at the ClA Conference in San Diego in 1956. Six of the proposed meetings
will be held in the larger municipal libraries in the county with some of
our branches being represented at those gatherings.
Representatives from the remaining branchesv the majority
in the system0 will hold their discussions under the direction of Mrs. Terry.
Mr. Geller will conduct the oral debate with the professional staff at
Central.
BOOK REVIEWERS The book review meeting held at Montebello February 5
TREK TO NEWHALL for the benefit of staff members in the West San Gabriel
Region was so successful Miss Ossen has announced the
eJq>eriment is to be repea.ted MaPch ·& a't1 Newl'ia·H' 'for ·~t:af mem rs in the
Antelope Valley Region.
'FRIENDS 9 OPEN Mr. Leslie Ho B~igham0 president of the newly organized
LIBRARY WEEK Friends of the Manhattan Beach Libraries 0 has invited Mr.
Henderson to talk on Library Service and National Library
Week at their first public affair, an open house, to be held Sunday after­noone
March 16, at the Manhattan Beach branch. Mr. Henderson will be accom­panied
by Mrs. Terry0 Regional Services Chief Librarian, and Mrs. Dorothy
Jamieson0 Torrance-South Bay Regional Librarian. Mrs. Terry and Mrs. Jamieson
will tell of services available now to children0 students and adults at the
two branches in the eommunity and outline what they plan for the immediate
future.
LIBRARY WEEK
INTERVIEW
Our plans for National Library Week were outlined by Mr0
Henderson and Mrs. Terry in a joint interview they had
with Mrs. Norma Goodhue, staff writer for the Los Angeles
Times. The article appeared in the February 12 issue of the newspaper. Mrs.
Terry stressed our book list The Family Reads Together and urged parents to
be generous in giving family reading sessions to their children. Both spoke
of the leaflet honoring the Library's first book, Little Women.
MRS. SHECKARD Mrs. Marjorie Sheckarda subject specialist in the 5 and
GIVES TALK 600's 0 gave a brief report on the volume and scope of
publi cations in her field and other interesting facts
about the books in science and applied science, at the February meeting of
the West Covina Woman's Club. New titles in the do-it-yourself category
are becoming fewer and fewera she said, while books on automation are in­creasing
at a rapid rate.
She also reviewed six new titles~ How to Live with a
Neurotic0 by Albert Ellis; Wild Americao by Roger Tory Peterson and James
Fisher0 distinguished ornithologist and his British colleague; Cornflake
Crusade0 by Gerald Carson, the story of the ready-to-eat cereal industry;
And There Was Light 0 by Rudolf Thiel, the story of astronomical discoveries
from the time of the ancients to present day research problems; and0
Around the World in 90 Minutes 0 by David O. Woodbury0 the story of the
-3-
Vanguard Project of the International Geophysical Year0 with an added chapter
on Sputnik I and its relationship to the IGY programo
From questions and discussion that followed 0 Mrso Sheckard
judged the latter book to be the one that touched off the greatest interest
in her audience. The same interest is reflected0 she said0 in requests from
our borrowers. Books on missiles, rockets and space are the ones in greatest
demand.
MARY ROGERS SMITH Children's reading in the world of today was discussed
GUEST SPEAKER by Mrs. Mary Rogers Smith, Coordinator of children's
services, at the February 10 meeting of the Culver
City chapter of the Association for Childhood Education. She emphasized the
the opportunity for development of individual taste and judgement afforded
children through the wide array of titles on the shelves in their sections
of the various branches. She introduced Mrs. Barbara Melnick, children's
librarian for the Centinela region, to the chapter members. and invited them
to contact her for information and suggestions on juvenile books and programs
in the reglon.
NEW ASSIGNMENT
FOR MRS. LORD
Mrs. Hazel Lord, subject specialist0 has been assigned to
represent the Library on the Advisory Council to the
Senior Citizens Association. The touncil is made up of
represen.taiives from the city and county health departments, the two de­partments
of parks and recreation0 other governmental bodies0 civic groups
and private citizens. Mrs. Lord will recommend to the Association books of
interest to the Senior Citizens groups for both specialized and recreational
reading. She will also review, for library purchase0 new titles in all
fields, that seem especially significant for elderly readers. The assignment
is in addition to her regular review of books in the 000 9 5 0 400 9 5 0 800's0 and
foreign publications.
WORKSHOPS HEW
BY MRS. SHORT
Two workshops dealing with library class visits were con­ducted
by Mrs. Mayo Short for grade teachers in the San
Gabriel School District. Mrs. Short is the children's
librarian for the West San Gabriel Valley Region. The sessions were held
at the request of the district superintendent, Walter J. Ziegler. Arrange­ments
were made by the school librarian, Ruth Hayes, and the assistant
superintendent, Mrs. Dorothy Gibson. Mrs. Short based her instruction on
the newly revised orientation section of the 1951 policy statement on library
visits from school classes. The section, recently revised by Mrs. Terry and
Mrs. Snith, covers class introduction to the library, and instruction in the
use of the book collection and the b:>ok catalogs. Other portions of the
policy statement are now being revised. When completed they will be sent to
all regions.
10 YEAR SERVICE
PINS AWARDED
Ten year service pins were awarded to two of our branch
librarians, Mrs. Lucille Thomson and Mrs. Evelyn c.
Vollnogle. Both were presented by Mrs. Terry. Mrs.
Thomson, Culver City branch librarian, received hers at the Centinela re­gional
meeting at Lennox and Mrs. Vollnogle, Graham branch librarian0 was
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given hers at the San Antonio regional meeting at South Gateo Both have
served their entire tenure in their present branches.
BREAKFAST BOOK
WilL BE FILMED
One of the Harvest Breakfast books, Roots of Heaven0 is
about to be filmed according to an announcement from
motion picture prodQcer Darryl Zanuck, Probably no one
who attended the Breakfast and heard author Romain Garyqs moving and elo­quent
reasons for writing the book will ever forget the story of the
vanishing elephants. John Huston will direct the film starting March 15.
Throughout the years it has become a rather common occurrence for Mrs.
Wright's Breakfast guests to receive awards and honors.
MRS. TERRY
ON EXAM BOARD
Public Library.
interview board.
Mrs. Terry aided the City Civil Service Commission
last January 29 and 30 in conducting examinations to
fill senior librarian vacancies at the Los Angeles
She served as a member of the ge·neral qualifications and
"• < e ·• ' ..
SERVICE TOLD Mrs. Deborah B. Wilds, Centinela regional librarian, and
AT MEETING Mrs. Barbara Melnick, the region's children's librarian,
were invited participants in the February 3 annual meeting
of the Ccentinela Valley District Advisory Council at Lawndale. They told
of library service available in the area now and of plans for the future.
MRS. DORNAN
IS MODERATOR
Mrs. Kathleen Dornan0 Hawthorne branch librarian0 was
moderato~ of a discussion group of high school and junior
college students at a teen-age conference held at El
Camino Junior College January 310 to discuss youth's impressions of and pro­blems
in the changing world. Dle unit she monitored, many of them patrons of
her branch, chose her as group leader. Talk subjects ranged from How to Get
Along With My Family to Living With Myself. Moderators included school
faculty members 0 industrial counselors, school psychologists and others.
BRANCH AIDS
GIRL SCOUTS
Mrs. Olive B. Carter, Temple City branch librarian,
loaned the services of herself and branch to Girl Scouts
this month as an assist to them in earning their special
award badges _and because thejr~pr_oje_cts were an. asset to the library. Mem­bers
of Troop No. 36 mounted a special bird display, qualifying them for their
Bird Badges. It included pictures of birds0 bird stamps and bird books.
Junior high school members of Troop No. 16 presented the branch with a copy of
Spurs For Suzanne, young adult fiction. It was their project entitling them
to qualify for their Horse Master Badgeo
SERVICE IN
VALLEY TOLD
Mrs. Anna M. Davis, Antelope Valley regional librarian0
and Mrs. Rose Bolin, Lancaster branch assistant, who has
charge of work with children, were members of a speakersv
panel presented by the Education committee of the American Association of
University Women0 at a conference called to discuss library service to
children of the valley. Other speakers were Ron Henderson, superintendent
of the Lancaster Schools District, and Jack McLaughlin, assistant superin­tendent
in charge of education. Service offered by the school library was
itemized and a detailed description given of the juvenile collection and
Children's Catalog at Lancaste~, aad other branches in the region,and on the
Antelope Valley mobilibrary.
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Mrs. Bolin explained that all teachers have the privilege
of borrowing ten books at a time from the branches for use in classrooms
and that each teacher may bring his class to visit the libraries and become
acquainted with their facilitieso
ART DISPLAY Twenty-nine paintings by .members of the South Bay Artists
AT WISEBURN Association, El Segundo Auxiliary, which are for sale0
are on display at the Wiseburn brancho Mrs. Katherine
Cranmer0 branch librarian, arranged the exhibit as a civic and charitable
service. Proceeds are to be donated to the Children's Hospital. As pictures
are purchased new ones take their placeso
YOUTH LEADERS Youth leaders in the Downey area were gi ven instruction
HEAR LIBRARIANS in the art of story telling by Mrso Letha Gramer0
Downey branch librarian, and Mrs. Mary Pierson0
children's librarian0 at a recent'' meeting of CHIEFS . "(Conununity Helpe'rs-In
Essential Fun Service.) New books in the children's collection were
discussed with emphasis placed on those dealing with the conservation of
wildlifeo
CULVER BRANCH
PLANS ARE SET
Schematic plans, setting the cost of the proposed Culver
City branch library at $2050 0620 were approved by the
Board of Supervisors this montho The new building, to
be located in Veterans Memorial Park, a site chosen by the Culver City Gouncil 0
is being designed by architect Maurice Fleishman. 'lhe building will be
financed by the city and .p.ur.chased .by the county over a period of five years.
CIVIC GROUP Mrs. Irene Klein0 Keystone branch librarian0 addressed
TOLD OF SERVICE the members of the carson Civic Betterment Association
this month, stressing the fact that the libraty "is for
everyone." She explained what the branch has to offer in the way of books
and programs for children0 students and adults. She also spoke of books,
available in the system0 though not necessarily at the branch, that can be
obtained for any patron on request.
MR. POTI'ER IS All of his many friends 0 in and out of the Library, are
CRITICALLY HURT pulling for the complete recovery of James H. Potter,
member of the Property and Transportation Section, who has
been with the Library for 32 years, and who was critically injured during the
big rainstorm of February 190 called to the No,rwalk branch to repair a leak
in the roof 0 he was about finished when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet
to the concrete walk below. His left leg was broken between the hip and knee
joints and he suffered other injuries. Letters and cards will reach him at
Carobil Hospital, 13222 South Bloomfield Avenue0 Norwalk ..
MRS. WILDS AIDS Mrs. Deborah B. Wilds 0 Centinela regional librarian~ met
PTA-LIBRARY PLANS this month with faculty members of Culver City's Washing-ton
School and the school's Parent-Teacher Association,
who are considering establishment of a PTA-sponsored library at the school.,
They discussed general routine of founding such a project and best means of
arousing conununity interest ~nd backing.,
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NEWS l E T T E R
LOS ANGELES COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
322 S. BROADWAY P.O. Bax 111 LOS ANIJELEB !53, CALIF'ORNIA
Vol. 11 No. 8 February 1958
REGIONS ARE Though no christening parties were hel ~
u1re meaningful names this month indicative of
the history and color of the areas they comprise. To make their
identities doubly certain they will retain their former numerical designations
also.
The regional librarians, Mrs. Terry, Mr. Geller, and Mr.
Henderson qualified as God-parents for seven of the young regions~ all one
year old now, in that they chose the names. 'Ille other, not the eighth but the
first, Antelope Valley Region, 29 years of age, was given its name when it was
established September, 1929, under the direction of Mrs. Anna M. Davis, its
present regional librarian.
Region II, headquarters at Lennox, is now also known as Centinela
Region, a name derived from the Spanish land grant. 'Ille Regional territory
is part of the old rancho domain.
, What used to be simply Region III is now Torrance-South Bay
Region. This is the only instance in which the name of the headquarters' branch
has been included in the regional title.
San Antonio, popular place-name in Mission days, and given to
several land grants, was chosen as the n~me for Region IV, headquarters at South
Gate. The regional area covers some of the territory of one such grant.
Region V, headquarters at Norwalk, was named Los Cerritos Region.
The word, meaning 'hillock', was a favorite geographical term in Spanish cali­fornia.
It was the name of another land grant which embraced much of the
present regional territory. It was also the former name of what is now known
as Signal Hill, a section adjacent to the regional area.
Rio Hondo is the name of Region VI, headquarters at Montebello.
'Hondo', Spanish adjective for 'deep' appears in several california pl,ce names,
especially when .combined with riY~r, creek or arroyo. Rio Hondo was the name
given to the old channel of the San .Gabri-el Ri.wer which changed its course in
the 1860's. The Rio Hondo _ is._w.Lthin ... t.he .. regi.o.nal. boundaries.
Region VII, headquarters at El Monte, is West San Gabriel Valley
Region, and Region VIII, headquarters at West Covina, is East San Gabriel Valley
Region.
1958-59 BUDGET
STATES PLAN.5
Requests for increased book funds, enlarged staff, more
hours and new and iq>roved buildings were made in the
1958-59 budget, now completed and in the hands of County
Administrative Officer, Lindon S. Hollinger. The Library's aim for the coming
year, as explained by Mr. Henderson in the document, is to give standard and
equalized service to the entire district, the smaller and poorer coDUDUnities
as well _as --the J.ar-ger ... and wealthier municipalities in the 3,370 square mile
area the Library serves.
"The Library is doing all it can with what it has but
the population growth in all sections and the requests for service make
increased facilities and the funds to finance them, mandatory", Mro Henderson
said.
SEVEN COf.OOJNITIES .. Seven "Co1111Innit-ies in .former. county: t.e.rritory became in­BECOME
CITIES corporated cities during the current fiscal year. They
are the City of Industry, in which our La Puente branch
is located; the co111DUnities of Pico and Rivera, which combined to become
Pico-Rivera City, each having its own branch; Irwindale, served by the Duarte
and West Covina branches; Bellflower; Norwalk, whose branch is also head­quarters
of the Los Cerritos Region; and Bradbury, served by the branch at
Duarte.
EXPANSION PLANS
FOR NEXT YEAR
Requests in the 1958-59 budget have been made for funds
and authorization to enlarge and renovate the branch at
Compton; to obtain a headquarters building for the West
~an Gabriel Valley Region, now housed in the El Monte branch; to build a new
library at Hawthorne; to obtain a site for a proposed branch in the Malibu
area, now served by mobilibrary; to purchase property for additional parking
space at Norwalk; for modernization of the branch at Palmdale and acquisi­tion
of additional ,pr-operty; for enlargement ot the brancb at ·Rosemeadi for
site acquisition for a future large branch at San Dimas; for construction of
a new building at San Vicente-West Hollywood; for landscaping of the Sorensen
branch grounds; and to pay for a large building in West Covina to serve as
branch library and headquarters for the East San Gabriel Valley Region.
CLA ASSIGNMENT
FOR MRS. WRIGHT
Mrs. Helen O'C. Wright, member of the Recruitment Com­mittee
of the California Library Association was given
the assignment this month by CLA President George F.
Farrier of answering all letters received at headquarters as result of the
library career posters distributed during January to libraries, high schools 0
junior colleges and universities in the state. The letters will be forwarded
to Mrs. Wright who will then discuss with President Farrier the most effect­ive
follow-up for the most promising would-be librarian candidates.
STANDARDS WILL
BE STUDIID
Mr. Geller and Mrs. Terry have been appointed discussion
leaders of groups now being set up by the Public Library
Section, CIA to study and determine whether the state
association's standards should be changed to conform with those of ALA or
should preserve the pr~sent differences as being more helpful to the needs
of the profession in this state.
-2-
,
The parallel study was voted by the Membership Section
at the ClA Conference in San Diego in 1956. Six of the proposed meetings
will be held in the larger municipal libraries in the county with some of
our branches being represented at those gatherings.
Representatives from the remaining branchesv the majority
in the system0 will hold their discussions under the direction of Mrs. Terry.
Mr. Geller will conduct the oral debate with the professional staff at
Central.
BOOK REVIEWERS The book review meeting held at Montebello February 5
TREK TO NEWHALL for the benefit of staff members in the West San Gabriel
Region was so successful Miss Ossen has announced the
eJq>eriment is to be repea.ted MaPch ·& a't1 Newl'ia·H' 'for ·~t:af mem rs in the
Antelope Valley Region.
'FRIENDS 9 OPEN Mr. Leslie Ho B~igham0 president of the newly organized
LIBRARY WEEK Friends of the Manhattan Beach Libraries 0 has invited Mr.
Henderson to talk on Library Service and National Library
Week at their first public affair, an open house, to be held Sunday after­noone
March 16, at the Manhattan Beach branch. Mr. Henderson will be accom­panied
by Mrs. Terry0 Regional Services Chief Librarian, and Mrs. Dorothy
Jamieson0 Torrance-South Bay Regional Librarian. Mrs. Terry and Mrs. Jamieson
will tell of services available now to children0 students and adults at the
two branches in the eommunity and outline what they plan for the immediate
future.
LIBRARY WEEK
INTERVIEW
Our plans for National Library Week were outlined by Mr0
Henderson and Mrs. Terry in a joint interview they had
with Mrs. Norma Goodhue, staff writer for the Los Angeles
Times. The article appeared in the February 12 issue of the newspaper. Mrs.
Terry stressed our book list The Family Reads Together and urged parents to
be generous in giving family reading sessions to their children. Both spoke
of the leaflet honoring the Library's first book, Little Women.
MRS. SHECKARD Mrs. Marjorie Sheckarda subject specialist in the 5 and
GIVES TALK 600's 0 gave a brief report on the volume and scope of
publi cations in her field and other interesting facts
about the books in science and applied science, at the February meeting of
the West Covina Woman's Club. New titles in the do-it-yourself category
are becoming fewer and fewera she said, while books on automation are in­creasing
at a rapid rate.
She also reviewed six new titles~ How to Live with a
Neurotic0 by Albert Ellis; Wild Americao by Roger Tory Peterson and James
Fisher0 distinguished ornithologist and his British colleague; Cornflake
Crusade0 by Gerald Carson, the story of the ready-to-eat cereal industry;
And There Was Light 0 by Rudolf Thiel, the story of astronomical discoveries
from the time of the ancients to present day research problems; and0
Around the World in 90 Minutes 0 by David O. Woodbury0 the story of the
-3-
Vanguard Project of the International Geophysical Year0 with an added chapter
on Sputnik I and its relationship to the IGY programo
From questions and discussion that followed 0 Mrso Sheckard
judged the latter book to be the one that touched off the greatest interest
in her audience. The same interest is reflected0 she said0 in requests from
our borrowers. Books on missiles, rockets and space are the ones in greatest
demand.
MARY ROGERS SMITH Children's reading in the world of today was discussed
GUEST SPEAKER by Mrs. Mary Rogers Smith, Coordinator of children's
services, at the February 10 meeting of the Culver
City chapter of the Association for Childhood Education. She emphasized the
the opportunity for development of individual taste and judgement afforded
children through the wide array of titles on the shelves in their sections
of the various branches. She introduced Mrs. Barbara Melnick, children's
librarian for the Centinela region, to the chapter members. and invited them
to contact her for information and suggestions on juvenile books and programs
in the reglon.
NEW ASSIGNMENT
FOR MRS. LORD
Mrs. Hazel Lord, subject specialist0 has been assigned to
represent the Library on the Advisory Council to the
Senior Citizens Association. The touncil is made up of
represen.taiives from the city and county health departments, the two de­partments
of parks and recreation0 other governmental bodies0 civic groups
and private citizens. Mrs. Lord will recommend to the Association books of
interest to the Senior Citizens groups for both specialized and recreational
reading. She will also review, for library purchase0 new titles in all
fields, that seem especially significant for elderly readers. The assignment
is in addition to her regular review of books in the 000 9 5 0 400 9 5 0 800's0 and
foreign publications.
WORKSHOPS HEW
BY MRS. SHORT
Two workshops dealing with library class visits were con­ducted
by Mrs. Mayo Short for grade teachers in the San
Gabriel School District. Mrs. Short is the children's
librarian for the West San Gabriel Valley Region. The sessions were held
at the request of the district superintendent, Walter J. Ziegler. Arrange­ments
were made by the school librarian, Ruth Hayes, and the assistant
superintendent, Mrs. Dorothy Gibson. Mrs. Short based her instruction on
the newly revised orientation section of the 1951 policy statement on library
visits from school classes. The section, recently revised by Mrs. Terry and
Mrs. Snith, covers class introduction to the library, and instruction in the
use of the book collection and the b:>ok catalogs. Other portions of the
policy statement are now being revised. When completed they will be sent to
all regions.
10 YEAR SERVICE
PINS AWARDED
Ten year service pins were awarded to two of our branch
librarians, Mrs. Lucille Thomson and Mrs. Evelyn c.
Vollnogle. Both were presented by Mrs. Terry. Mrs.
Thomson, Culver City branch librarian, received hers at the Centinela re­gional
meeting at Lennox and Mrs. Vollnogle, Graham branch librarian0 was
-4-
given hers at the San Antonio regional meeting at South Gateo Both have
served their entire tenure in their present branches.
BREAKFAST BOOK
WilL BE FILMED
One of the Harvest Breakfast books, Roots of Heaven0 is
about to be filmed according to an announcement from
motion picture prodQcer Darryl Zanuck, Probably no one
who attended the Breakfast and heard author Romain Garyqs moving and elo­quent
reasons for writing the book will ever forget the story of the
vanishing elephants. John Huston will direct the film starting March 15.
Throughout the years it has become a rather common occurrence for Mrs.
Wright's Breakfast guests to receive awards and honors.
MRS. TERRY
ON EXAM BOARD
Public Library.
interview board.
Mrs. Terry aided the City Civil Service Commission
last January 29 and 30 in conducting examinations to
fill senior librarian vacancies at the Los Angeles
She served as a member of the ge·neral qualifications and
"• < e ·• ' ..
SERVICE TOLD Mrs. Deborah B. Wilds, Centinela regional librarian, and
AT MEETING Mrs. Barbara Melnick, the region's children's librarian,
were invited participants in the February 3 annual meeting
of the Ccentinela Valley District Advisory Council at Lawndale. They told
of library service available in the area now and of plans for the future.
MRS. DORNAN
IS MODERATOR
Mrs. Kathleen Dornan0 Hawthorne branch librarian0 was
moderato~ of a discussion group of high school and junior
college students at a teen-age conference held at El
Camino Junior College January 310 to discuss youth's impressions of and pro­blems
in the changing world. Dle unit she monitored, many of them patrons of
her branch, chose her as group leader. Talk subjects ranged from How to Get
Along With My Family to Living With Myself. Moderators included school
faculty members 0 industrial counselors, school psychologists and others.
BRANCH AIDS
GIRL SCOUTS
Mrs. Olive B. Carter, Temple City branch librarian,
loaned the services of herself and branch to Girl Scouts
this month as an assist to them in earning their special
award badges _and because thejr~pr_oje_cts were an. asset to the library. Mem­bers
of Troop No. 36 mounted a special bird display, qualifying them for their
Bird Badges. It included pictures of birds0 bird stamps and bird books.
Junior high school members of Troop No. 16 presented the branch with a copy of
Spurs For Suzanne, young adult fiction. It was their project entitling them
to qualify for their Horse Master Badgeo
SERVICE IN
VALLEY TOLD
Mrs. Anna M. Davis, Antelope Valley regional librarian0
and Mrs. Rose Bolin, Lancaster branch assistant, who has
charge of work with children, were members of a speakersv
panel presented by the Education committee of the American Association of
University Women0 at a conference called to discuss library service to
children of the valley. Other speakers were Ron Henderson, superintendent
of the Lancaster Schools District, and Jack McLaughlin, assistant superin­tendent
in charge of education. Service offered by the school library was
itemized and a detailed description given of the juvenile collection and
Children's Catalog at Lancaste~, aad other branches in the region,and on the
Antelope Valley mobilibrary.
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Mrs. Bolin explained that all teachers have the privilege
of borrowing ten books at a time from the branches for use in classrooms
and that each teacher may bring his class to visit the libraries and become
acquainted with their facilitieso
ART DISPLAY Twenty-nine paintings by .members of the South Bay Artists
AT WISEBURN Association, El Segundo Auxiliary, which are for sale0
are on display at the Wiseburn brancho Mrs. Katherine
Cranmer0 branch librarian, arranged the exhibit as a civic and charitable
service. Proceeds are to be donated to the Children's Hospital. As pictures
are purchased new ones take their placeso
YOUTH LEADERS Youth leaders in the Downey area were gi ven instruction
HEAR LIBRARIANS in the art of story telling by Mrso Letha Gramer0
Downey branch librarian, and Mrs. Mary Pierson0
children's librarian0 at a recent'' meeting of CHIEFS . "(Conununity Helpe'rs-In
Essential Fun Service.) New books in the children's collection were
discussed with emphasis placed on those dealing with the conservation of
wildlifeo
CULVER BRANCH
PLANS ARE SET
Schematic plans, setting the cost of the proposed Culver
City branch library at $2050 0620 were approved by the
Board of Supervisors this montho The new building, to
be located in Veterans Memorial Park, a site chosen by the Culver City Gouncil 0
is being designed by architect Maurice Fleishman. 'lhe building will be
financed by the city and .p.ur.chased .by the county over a period of five years.
CIVIC GROUP Mrs. Irene Klein0 Keystone branch librarian0 addressed
TOLD OF SERVICE the members of the carson Civic Betterment Association
this month, stressing the fact that the libraty "is for
everyone." She explained what the branch has to offer in the way of books
and programs for children0 students and adults. She also spoke of books,
available in the system0 though not necessarily at the branch, that can be
obtained for any patron on request.
MR. POTI'ER IS All of his many friends 0 in and out of the Library, are
CRITICALLY HURT pulling for the complete recovery of James H. Potter,
member of the Property and Transportation Section, who has
been with the Library for 32 years, and who was critically injured during the
big rainstorm of February 190 called to the No,rwalk branch to repair a leak
in the roof 0 he was about finished when he lost his footing and fell 15 feet
to the concrete walk below. His left leg was broken between the hip and knee
joints and he suffered other injuries. Letters and cards will reach him at
Carobil Hospital, 13222 South Bloomfield Avenue0 Norwalk ..
MRS. WILDS AIDS Mrs. Deborah B. Wilds 0 Centinela regional librarian~ met
PTA-LIBRARY PLANS this month with faculty members of Culver City's Washing-ton
School and the school's Parent-Teacher Association,
who are considering establishment of a PTA-sponsored library at the school.,
They discussed general routine of founding such a project and best means of
arousing conununity interest ~nd backing.,
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